000
FZPN04 KNHC 231027
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC TUE FEB 23 2010

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY 
BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE

S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC TUE FEB 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED FEB 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU FEB 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 11S BETWEEN 78W AND 93W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SW AND W SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE 
FROM 00N102W TO 09S93W TO 18.5S93W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15S W OF A LINE FROM 00N98W TO 15S84W E 
TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW TO W SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 13S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN W SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.